Welmoed Out
@welmoedo.bsky.social
Senior archaeobotanist (she/her) at www.archol.nl. Plants and people in NW Europe and beyond.
First fieldwork in the Netherlands: a roman and a medieval well (in Dutch)
www.weertdegekste.nl/2025/11/hist...
www.weertdegekste.nl/2025/11/hist...
Historische vondsten bij aanleg wadi’s in Open Park Weert
Tijdens de herinrichting van Open Park Weert (voorheen sportpark Boshoven) zijn bij de aanleg van wadi’s aan de Suffolkweg verschillende archeologische
www.weertdegekste.nl
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM
First fieldwork in the Netherlands: a roman and a medieval well (in Dutch)
www.weertdegekste.nl/2025/11/hist...
www.weertdegekste.nl/2025/11/hist...
After 14 years abroad, including time in Spain, Germany and ten years in Denmark, and working on projects ranging from Mesolithic hunter-gatherer sites to Viking-Age Aarhus, I’m happy to announce that I’ve started as a wood/charcoal specialist in archaeology at Archol in Leiden, the Netherlands.
November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
After 14 years abroad, including time in Spain, Germany and ten years in Denmark, and working on projects ranging from Mesolithic hunter-gatherer sites to Viking-Age Aarhus, I’m happy to announce that I’ve started as a wood/charcoal specialist in archaeology at Archol in Leiden, the Netherlands.
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I'm hiring!⭐ As part of the DFF Sapere Aude-funded project MiddleEarth, I am looking for 1 postdoctoral researcher and 1 research assistant.
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I'm hiring!⭐ As part of the DFF Sapere Aude-funded project MiddleEarth, I am looking for 1 postdoctoral researcher and 1 research assistant.
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Stand Up to Racism calls for action: Keep Our City Nazi Free.
Stop UKIP's march in Sheffield on Saturday, November 8, 12pm at Sheffield Cathedral, S1 1HA.
Show far-right UKIP, including Nazi Nick Tenconi, that our proud, multicultural city will not welcome them. Join the protest!
Stop UKIP's march in Sheffield on Saturday, November 8, 12pm at Sheffield Cathedral, S1 1HA.
Show far-right UKIP, including Nazi Nick Tenconi, that our proud, multicultural city will not welcome them. Join the protest!
October 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Stand Up to Racism calls for action: Keep Our City Nazi Free.
Stop UKIP's march in Sheffield on Saturday, November 8, 12pm at Sheffield Cathedral, S1 1HA.
Show far-right UKIP, including Nazi Nick Tenconi, that our proud, multicultural city will not welcome them. Join the protest!
Stop UKIP's march in Sheffield on Saturday, November 8, 12pm at Sheffield Cathedral, S1 1HA.
Show far-right UKIP, including Nazi Nick Tenconi, that our proud, multicultural city will not welcome them. Join the protest!
Past and present (and yes, the future 😀).
October 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Past and present (and yes, the future 😀).
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This one looks attractive and I'd be curious to know who gets the position #palynology #palaeoecology
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Postdoctoral Research in Palynology – Bern | HigherJobz
Apply for a Postdoctoral Research position in Palynology and Palaeoecology at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
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October 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This one looks attractive and I'd be curious to know who gets the position #palynology #palaeoecology
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Analysis of ancient birch bark tar from Neolithic settlements shows it was used for toolmaking, pottery repair, and chewing, preserving DNA that offers insights into daily life and diet. doi.org/g96xtk
Sticky secrets: What ancient chewing gum is telling us about Neolithic communities
Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people chewed on and spat out long ago.
phys.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Analysis of ancient birch bark tar from Neolithic settlements shows it was used for toolmaking, pottery repair, and chewing, preserving DNA that offers insights into daily life and diet. doi.org/g96xtk
Lolland’s Lost Landscapes 👏. It started in 2022 with two inspiring network meetings, organised by Daniel Gross from Museum Lolland-Falster with funding from the Independent Research Fund Denmark, and resulted in this paper 👨🌾🐟🌊:
Proud to have been part of an international research team to investigate the fascinating landscape history of Lolland (Denmark), and what we can learn from it. This is the paper we wrote:
doi.org/10.1080/0142...
doi.org/10.1080/0142...
Lolland’s changing landscapes: insights from long-term interactions between people and the environment
Many parts of Europe are today facing a wide range of societal and environmental challenges that demand a high degree of resilience and adaptability. Archaeology has an important role to play by pr...
doi.org
October 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Lolland’s Lost Landscapes 👏. It started in 2022 with two inspiring network meetings, organised by Daniel Gross from Museum Lolland-Falster with funding from the Independent Research Fund Denmark, and resulted in this paper 👨🌾🐟🌊:
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Are you going to be our new colleague at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social? Full professorship in #archaeology, deadline November 9.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Are you going to be our new colleague at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social? Full professorship in #archaeology, deadline November 9.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
international.au.dk/about/profil...
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You are an early-career scientist interested in social and environmental processes in the past? For our second phase, we are offering 5 positions for postdocs and 9 positions for doctoral students.
Apply now!
All the details: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...
#earlycareerscientists #jobs
Apply now!
All the details: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...
#earlycareerscientists #jobs
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
You are an early-career scientist interested in social and environmental processes in the past? For our second phase, we are offering 5 positions for postdocs and 9 positions for doctoral students.
Apply now!
All the details: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...
#earlycareerscientists #jobs
Apply now!
All the details: www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-r...
#earlycareerscientists #jobs
Good news! The Foundation for Anthropology and Prehistory in the Netherlands (SNMAP) has provided a grant for new radiocarbon dates from the prehistoric wetland site of Bergschenhoek, a site excavated by the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) in 1978. With @prehistoryrmo.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good news! The Foundation for Anthropology and Prehistory in the Netherlands (SNMAP) has provided a grant for new radiocarbon dates from the prehistoric wetland site of Bergschenhoek, a site excavated by the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) in 1978. With @prehistoryrmo.bsky.social
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New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#openaccess✅
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#openaccess✅
Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core
Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology
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September 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#openaccess✅
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#openaccess✅
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bEv... For decades we've worked to enhance the Sheffield Zooarch Lab & to see years of dedication destroyed by corporate executives who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing is heart breaking @watchingbrief.bsky.social #savesheffieldarchaeology
The destruction of the Zooarch laboratories in Sheffield
YouTube video by Sheffield Zooarchaeology Lab
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September 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bEv... For decades we've worked to enhance the Sheffield Zooarch Lab & to see years of dedication destroyed by corporate executives who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing is heart breaking @watchingbrief.bsky.social #savesheffieldarchaeology
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Two very successful PhD defences in #paleorudolph lab. Amanda Mateo Beneito explored multi proxy climate reconstruction and it's effect on vegetation dynamics. Kristýna Hošková paved new avenues in phytolith analysis and its use in environment reconstruction. Both with cum laude, congratulations!
September 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Two very successful PhD defences in #paleorudolph lab. Amanda Mateo Beneito explored multi proxy climate reconstruction and it's effect on vegetation dynamics. Kristýna Hošková paved new avenues in phytolith analysis and its use in environment reconstruction. Both with cum laude, congratulations!
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A wonderful opportunity for a fully funded #PhD position in collections-based research at Natural History Musuem Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social
Reach out if interested in a PhD project in #peatland #sedges, #aquatic plants, or #ferns! 🌿🍂🌾
#globalchange #eco-evo
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Reach out if interested in a PhD project in #peatland #sedges, #aquatic plants, or #ferns! 🌿🍂🌾
#globalchange #eco-evo
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research
employment.ku.dk
September 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A wonderful opportunity for a fully funded #PhD position in collections-based research at Natural History Musuem Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social
Reach out if interested in a PhD project in #peatland #sedges, #aquatic plants, or #ferns! 🌿🍂🌾
#globalchange #eco-evo
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Reach out if interested in a PhD project in #peatland #sedges, #aquatic plants, or #ferns! 🌿🍂🌾
#globalchange #eco-evo
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Second call for papers for the International Workshop of African Archaeobotany: sites.google.com/view/iwaa202...
September 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Second call for papers for the International Workshop of African Archaeobotany: sites.google.com/view/iwaa202...
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📣 Calling all archaeologists! 📣
***This call requires 10% of EAA members to sign***
🍉🍉🍉
EAA members: sign and share widely (you'll need your membership number)
✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
Not an EAA member? Please share widely around your networks!
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***This call requires 10% of EAA members to sign***
🍉🍉🍉
EAA members: sign and share widely (you'll need your membership number)
✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
Not an EAA member? Please share widely around your networks!
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Call for a Special Meeting of the EAA
Recent events during the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists* have generated profound discontent and distrust toward the current Executive Board among members of the associati...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
📣 Calling all archaeologists! 📣
***This call requires 10% of EAA members to sign***
🍉🍉🍉
EAA members: sign and share widely (you'll need your membership number)
✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
Not an EAA member? Please share widely around your networks!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
***This call requires 10% of EAA members to sign***
🍉🍉🍉
EAA members: sign and share widely (you'll need your membership number)
✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
Not an EAA member? Please share widely around your networks!
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We are delighted to share the wonderful news that Amy Bogaard, Professor of European Archaeology, has been awarded the Christiane & Jean Guilaine Prize 2025 👏📢🏆@ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @Academie_IBL bit.ly/3JT5egH
Professor Amy Bogaard awarded the prestigious Christiane and Jean Guilaine Prize 2025
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September 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We are delighted to share the wonderful news that Amy Bogaard, Professor of European Archaeology, has been awarded the Christiane & Jean Guilaine Prize 2025 👏📢🏆@ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @Academie_IBL bit.ly/3JT5egH
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IMPORTANT NEWS re. 14th Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies...
ISHGR are delighted to announce that CHAGS14 will be held in summer 2027 in Belém, Brazil. This will be a partnership between the Goeldi Museum and the Universidade Federal do Pará. More details to follow soon.
Please share!!
ISHGR are delighted to announce that CHAGS14 will be held in summer 2027 in Belém, Brazil. This will be a partnership between the Goeldi Museum and the Universidade Federal do Pará. More details to follow soon.
Please share!!
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September 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
IMPORTANT NEWS re. 14th Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies...
ISHGR are delighted to announce that CHAGS14 will be held in summer 2027 in Belém, Brazil. This will be a partnership between the Goeldi Museum and the Universidade Federal do Pará. More details to follow soon.
Please share!!
ISHGR are delighted to announce that CHAGS14 will be held in summer 2027 in Belém, Brazil. This will be a partnership between the Goeldi Museum and the Universidade Federal do Pará. More details to follow soon.
Please share!!
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Given the EAA has gone back on excluding Israeli institutions from the conference - and is also trying to prevent @archagainstaparth.bsky.social from protesting in their sessions - it’s time to walk away until they can find their moral compass. blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
BTC Call for Action – EAA
URGENT ARCHAEOLOGISTS: YOUR EAA PARTICIPATION Last week the executive board of the European Association of Archaeologists took the decision, in light of the ongoing genocide of the population of Ga…
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September 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Given the EAA has gone back on excluding Israeli institutions from the conference - and is also trying to prevent @archagainstaparth.bsky.social from protesting in their sessions - it’s time to walk away until they can find their moral compass. blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
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Interested in post-doctoral research on hunter-gatherers with me at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social? Main source of funding is from Research Ireland (see below). Deadline 23/10/25. Please contact me to discuss.
www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...
Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme - Research Ireland
The Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme is an established national initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and manag...
www.researchireland.ie
September 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Interested in post-doctoral research on hunter-gatherers with me at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social? Main source of funding is from Research Ireland (see below). Deadline 23/10/25. Please contact me to discuss.
www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...
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Interested in doing a PhD on hunter-gatherer archaeology with me at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social ? Main source of funding is Research Ireland scholarships - see below. Call opens 11 Sept, deadline 23 Oct. Contact me to discuss potential projects. Please share!
www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...
Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme - Research Ireland
The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is an established national initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and mana...
www.researchireland.ie
September 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Interested in doing a PhD on hunter-gatherer archaeology with me at @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social ? Main source of funding is Research Ireland scholarships - see below. Call opens 11 Sept, deadline 23 Oct. Contact me to discuss potential projects. Please share!
www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...
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Just a little reminder. Our Special Issue 'Dendrochronology and Knowledge of the Human Past'. Several papers online, and more being reviewed. But we decided to extend the paper submission deadline to the end of the year. Looking forward to your paper (detail from Ringsaker, photo: Aoife Daly).
September 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Just a little reminder. Our Special Issue 'Dendrochronology and Knowledge of the Human Past'. Several papers online, and more being reviewed. But we decided to extend the paper submission deadline to the end of the year. Looking forward to your paper (detail from Ringsaker, photo: Aoife Daly).
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The AEA conference 'Life on the Edge: Exploring Resilience and Adaptations to Challenging Environments', in Stavanger, Norway, is open for registration
Early bird registration closes 15/09/25
Visit www.letsreg.com/no/register/... #environmentalarchaeology #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany #palynology
Early bird registration closes 15/09/25
Visit www.letsreg.com/no/register/... #environmentalarchaeology #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany #palynology
AEA Stavanger 2025 - 45th Conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology
We would like to welcome you to the 45th conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, held this year in Stavanger, Norway. We are excited to be bringing this conference to Norway ...
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September 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The AEA conference 'Life on the Edge: Exploring Resilience and Adaptations to Challenging Environments', in Stavanger, Norway, is open for registration
Early bird registration closes 15/09/25
Visit www.letsreg.com/no/register/... #environmentalarchaeology #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany #palynology
Early bird registration closes 15/09/25
Visit www.letsreg.com/no/register/... #environmentalarchaeology #zooarchaeology #archaeobotany #palynology
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Deadline approaching. Apply by September 15.
❗️we are looking for a phd candidate. Fully-funded phd (4-year salary, ca 5% teaching, rest research in project zuiderzee multispecies, inclusive seascape heritage, marine ecology, archaeology, stakeholder engagement, history, geography)
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
@agricolaschool.bsky.social
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@agricolaschool.bsky.social
Vacatures bij de RUG
www.rug.nl
August 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Deadline approaching. Apply by September 15.